[NIFL-FOBASICS:835] RE: Teacher's Resources Exchange

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Date: Tue Oct 28 2003 - 09:13:19 EST


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Hello, Nixon.  

We here in Kentucky have a database-driven Resource Center housed in the
Kentucky Virtual Library.  This resource database is being filled with ideas
and lesson plans from Kentucky adult educators. The submissions are also
screened by a subject matter expert associated with the particular topic
being addressed.  This adds a terrific component to the quality of the
database.  In addition, the users who search the database have the ability
to search across the LINCS resource database -- Kentucky Virtual librarians
helped to make these resources compliant for a single search capability!  It
is a wonderful environment to explore.  Please feel free to visit it at
http://www.kyvl.org/html/ae/ae.shtml

All the best,
Randolph 
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Randolph Hollingsworth, M.A.T., Ph.D.
KYVU, Council on Postsecondary Education
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502-573-1555 or 877-740-4357 (toll-free)
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Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 08:55:57 -0500
From: "Nixon S. Griffis" <ngriffis@bellsouth.net>
To: <nifl-fobasics@nifl.gov>
Subject: RE: Teacher's Resources Exchange

List Members,

	I am curious just how many active Adult Ed. teachers are on this
list. I
run a daily, three hour, night class for adults who want to get their GED or
for people who need a certain high score on an assessment test. Could you
send in a short message of who you are and what kind of environment you work
in. What are your needs? What have you developed to solve some of your needs
that other teachers might utilize.
	I am hoping that this list can expand to be a place where teachers
can
exchange resources, not just ideas. Teachers are working in isolation.
Everyone has to be inventing their own wheel. It makes for a lot of wasted
work, not to mention the morale killer of working outside of a group support
system that regular school teachers have access to, in albeit a small way.
	I see the biggest demand in Adult Ed as a need for a structure made
up of
effective templates that automates the daily  administration of a teacher's
classroom. Teacher's can no longer teach enough because administration takes
so much time and effort. This is especially true in Adult Ed due to its'
special characteristics.
	I would be interested in hearing from actual teachers who would like
to
developed this strand of dialog further.

	Are you out there?

Nick Griffis
Adult Education
Inlet Grove H.S.
Riviera Beach, FL
561-882-9967


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